Mimosestes

Mimosestes
Mimosestes amicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Bruchinae
Tribe:	Bruchini
Genus:	Mimosestes Bridwell, 1946

Mimosestes is a genus of pea and bean weevils in the beetle family Chrysomelidae. There are about 13 described species in Mimosestes. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

At least these 12 species belong to the genus Mimosestes:

• Mimosestes acaciestes Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978
• Mimosestes amicus (Horn, 1873)
• Mimosestes anomalus Johnson
• Mimosestes chrysocosmus Kingsolver, 1985
• Mimosestes enterolobii Johnson
• Mimosestes insularis Kingsolver & Johnson, 1978
• Mimosestes janzeni Johnson
• Mimosestes mimosae (Fabricius, 1781)
• Mimosestes nubigens (Motschulsky, 1874)
• Mimosestes playazul Johnson
• Mimosestes protractus (Horn, 1873)
• Mimosestes ulkei (Horn, 1873) (retama weevil)

References

1. "Mimosestes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Mimosestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Mimosestes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Riley, Ed; Clark, S.; Seeno, T. (2003). Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico. Coleopterists Society. ISBN   9780972608718.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN   978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.